All the filmmakers I've worked with have taken my desire to educate myself very seriously.

A misfit like me getting anywhere in Hollywood as I somehow have, seemed, certainly at the time of 'Spanking The Monkey,' kind of out of reach, or not a very realistic take.

Most of all, I really wanted to become a filmmaker, and I've used every acting experience to just turn it into film school.

Even the most humble role, I've always felt really wildly grateful to be getting anywhere in film business.

Self-promotion has never been a point, and I'm incredibly inept at self-promotion. Talking about myself is a little less inspiring than talking about the character.

I don't respect thinking that is dangerous, prejudicial, childish, and could get me killed.

I couldn't make it out - why you ever let me, I mean. I understand now. Things like that happen when you're in love with the wrong person. Worse things. Things you never forgive yourself for.

At some point in life the world's beauty becomes enough. You don't need to photograph, paint or even remember it. It is enough.

Enough. These few words are enough If not these few words, this breath If not this breath, this sitting here This opening to the life we have refused again and again Until now Until now.

Our economy is robust and will remain strong as more Americans who want a job find one. Republican economic policies based on tax relief are working for the American people.

It's best not to stare at the sun during an eclipse.

Physically you are identical with and inseparable from the cosmic material substance, and socially you are inseparable from the large mass of humanity.

I burst into tears and I cry and cry until it feels as though it is not salt and water being squeezed from my eyes, but blood.

Man is, and was always, a block-head and dullard; much readier to feel and digest, than to think and consider.

I resist thinking of myself as a teacher. I think of myself as a writer who has pulled a fast one and hoodwinked this institution into giving me a job and health insurance.